Twitter Lite app is made for countries where connectivity costs a fortune or is hard to find

Twitter is testing a new "lite" version of its Android app. This is an app version of a mobile web site it launched earlier this year called, quite appropriately, Twitter Lite. It requires less mobile data to work. The idea is to allow mobile users to employ Twitter in emerging markets where data is expensive or hard to find. The app has been added to the Google Play Store, but only in the Philippines where mobile data is expensive and slow.

Identical to the mobile web version of Twitter Lite, the app is an "experiment" according to Twitter, and the company is considering bringing the app to other markets. Twitter Lite includes a "data saver" feature that when enabled, allows the app to load videos and images only. Even under normal use, the app is designed to use as little cellular data as possible. Still, Twitter Lite provides the usual features that you would expect from a Twitter branded app. It also loads quickly on 2G/3G networks. And with a file size under 3MB, you don't need much storage space to install it.

"The test of the Twitter Lite app in the Google Play Store in the Philippines is another opportunity to increase the availability of Twitter in this market. The Philippines market has slow mobile networks and expensive data plans, while mobile devices with limited storage are still very popular there. Twitter Lite helps to overcome these barriers to usage for Twitter in the Philippines."-Twitter

Twitter Lite is a free download from the Philippines version of the Google Play Store, and can be installed by clicking on the sourcelink.

Twitter Lite is available in the Philippines version of the Google Play Store

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Even though I've an S6 which has more than enough muscle to handle even the heaviest apps on The PlayStore and an unlimited Wifi connection with no data caps to worry about; I'm using those "Lite" apps, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Right now, I'm using Lite versions of Messenger and Facebook (side-loaded via APKs) and I find them vastly superior than their 'heavy', 'bloated' and 'geeky' counterparts.

Both of these apps are extremely clean, simple, snappy and minimalistic! Now some die-hard Facebookers who spend most of their life on couches and beds (Americans, mostly) may find it severely lacking, crippled or perhaps even "decapitated", but for a casual user like me, it's EXACTLY what I need!

Would love to see a Lite version of What'sApp as well as it sometimes lags a tad bit here and there.

Twitter lite has bewn available in india for a few days. It is visible in launcher but is chrome web app. It was added through the website. I think firefox web app idea wasn't bad considering many websites have similiar interface to their apps and website actually work smoothly than apps thanks to no optimization from app developers.

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